Tooth paste dispenser



March 19, 1935.

TOOTH PASTE DISPENSER Filed NOV. 21, 1933 INVENTOR.

E. E. CHANDLER 1,995,023

Patented Mar. 19, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE 2 Claims.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a base for the tube which will serve to close the lower portion of the tube and at the same time serve as a support for the tube and as a means for rolling the emptied portion of the tube.

I attain these objects by the mechanism set forth in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 shows the cleat a at the base of the tube 17. The cleat extends beyond the tube and the elongated portions are shown lying along the tube. The extensions of the cleat would naturally be in this position when the tube was placed in its carton.

Figure 2 shows an elevation of the tube similar to Figure 1 except that the tube has been rotated through an angle of ninety degrees. The cleat or closing device is made by doubling a piece of sheet metal upon itself and enclosing the bottom edges of the tube. The rectangle 0 represents the usual punch marks by which this folded metal is made to hold the bottom edges of the tube securely.

Figure 3 is the same view as Figure 2 except that the tube has been partly emptied and the emptied portion rolled around the cleat, which has now been rotated clockwise from the positions in Figures 1 and 2. Some of the contents of the tube have been pushed downward so that the tube bulges out below the position b of Figure 3. This pressing down of the contents serves to prevent the tube from rotating anti-clockwise and holds it in a position such as shown in Figure 3. The tube therefore remains in a more or less upright position, being supported by the rolled portion of the tube and the two ends of the elongated cleat.

It is evident that a complete revolution of the cleat will be required to again bring it into the position shown in Figure 3. It is not intended to roll the middle portion of the cleat insidethe lower edges of the tube each time material is extracted from the tube, but to wait until sufficient material has been extracted from the tube to allow a complete revolution of the arms of the cleat, so as to again support the tube in the more or less upright position. It is evident that the tube may be rolled on the cleat in either direction at the beginning, but after one starting in a certain direction, this direction must be maintained until the tube is exhausted.

Figure 4 shows an additional perspective of the tube and cleat in much the same position with respect to each other as Figure 3 except that the tube is shown immediately above the middle portion of the cleat and not leaning into the stable position shown in Figure 3. The tube however has not been rolled on the cleat.

Figure 5 shows how the folded metal forming the cleat encloses the lower edges of the tube and holds them together after the tube has been filled in the usual manner. The cleat should be made of metal somewhat thicker than that used when serving merely to close the bottom end of the tube. It has been found that material of about thethickn'ess of the backing of the blade of a single edged safety razor is suitable for this purpose. Indeed the cleat is about similar-in all respects except length and bending of arms to this razor blade backing.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A collapsible container and a compressing and closing clip, infolding and clamping the lower portion of said tube and extending beyond the enclosed tube, the extended portions being bent at right angles to the middle portion which encloses the tube, so as to serve toroll the tube and to cause it to stand in a more or less upright position.

2. A collapsible container and an elongated U-shaped closing clip, infolding and closing the bottom of the tube, the ends of the clip being bent at substantially right angles to the middle portion enclosing the tube, so as to serve as a winding device for the emptied portion of the tube and so as to serve also as a base for the tube to hold it in a more or less upright position, when the remaining contents of the tube are squeezed downward against the wound portion of-the tube.

ELBERT E. CHANDLER. 

